Reading & Interpreting Information.
The BIG Question/ Topic in Humanities is…
Today, we are looking to…
• To understand how countries are classified and how life differs from Level 1 to Level
4.
Low Income Country; Lower Middle Income
Country; Upper Middle Income Country &
Higher Income Country.
How Do Geographers Understand the Human World?
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Participants.
Humanitarian Careers.
1. Where is South Sudan?G
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GEOG your memory
eographical knowledge…
arlier in the cycle…
lder than a week…
raph or diagram analysis…
2. What do we mean by food security?
3. Out of Boserup or Malthus who had an
optimistic view?
4. Study the photos. Which factors can reduce
food security?
Reading & Interpreting Information.
The BIG Question/ Topic in Humanities is…
Today, we are looking to…
• To understand how countries are classified and how life differs from Level 1 to Level
4.
Low Income Country; Lower Middle Income
Country; Upper Middle Income Country &
Higher Income Country.
How Do Geographers Understand the Human World?
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Participants.
Humanitarian Careers.
Prepare for Learning
HANThursday, 06 May 2021
GEOFACTExtreme poverty, defined
as living on less than $1.90
a day, is likely to affect
between 9.1% and 9.4%
of the world's population
in 2020, according to the
biennial Poverty and
Shared Prosperity Report.
How Do We Classify Countries?
Reading & Interpreting Information.
The BIG Question/ Topic in Humanities is…
Today, we are looking to…
• To understand how countries are classified and how life differs from Level 1 to Level
4.
Low Income Country; Lower Middle Income
Country; Upper Middle Income Country &
Higher Income Country.
How Do Geographers Understand the Human World?
Key TermsPLTS/Gatsby Literacy FocusIndependent Enquirer & Effective
Participants.
Humanitarian Careers.
Present New Information
Classifying Countries:
• The map shows how the world was viewed in the
1980s.
• It could easily be divided into rich/poor (or
developed/developing) with most people living in
the latter.
• These classifications are now unhelpful - why?
By 2020 the world has progressed, and 75% of the population live somewhere in the middle (with
only 9% in ‘poor’ countries). Therefore, the map is misleading as it completely ignores 5 billion
people and does not reflect how much progress the world has made.
Reading & Interpreting Information.
The BIG Question/ Topic in Humanities is…
Today, we are looking to…
• To understand how countries are classified and how life differs from Level 1 to Level
4.
Low Income Country; Lower Middle Income
Country; Upper Middle Income Country &
Higher Income Country.
How Do Geographers Understand the Human World?
Key TermsPLTS/Gatsby Literacy FocusIndependent Enquirer & Effective
Participants.
Humanitarian Careers.
What major changes to the world are mentioned?
What are the major changes now taking place?
Review & Reflect
Watch Hans Rosling explain
the idea: ‘Why most of the
world is now better off than
you think’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vr6Q77lUHE&t=37s
Reading & Interpreting Information.
The BIG Question/ Topic in Humanities is…
Today, we are looking to…
• To understand how countries are classified and how life differs from Level 1 to Level
4.
Low Income Country; Lower Middle Income
Country; Upper Middle Income Country &
Higher Income Country.
How Do Geographers Understand the Human World?
Key TermsPLTS/Gatsby Literacy FocusIndependent Enquirer & Effective
Participants.
Humanitarian Careers.
Present New Information
How should we classify countries?
• Instead of using two descriptors for
the word ‘rich and poor’ or
‘developed and developing’, we
need more categories.
• At GCSE, we use 3 - LIC, NEE & HIC.
• Hans Rosling uses 4
• The conclusion? No-one can decide on
how best to group the countries of the
world.
Low Income
Country
Low Middle
Income
Country
Upper Middle
Income
Country
High Income
Country
Newly Emerging
Economy
Reading & Interpreting Information.
The BIG Question/ Topic in Humanities is…
Today, we are looking to…
• To understand how countries are classified and how life differs from Level 1 to Level
4.
Low Income Country; Lower Middle Income
Country; Upper Middle Income Country &
Higher Income Country.
How Do Geographers Understand the Human World?
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Participants.
Humanitarian Careers.
Categorising
the world
according to
4 income
levels:
Each figure in the chart represents 1 billion people, and the seven figures show how the current
world population is spread out across four income levels, expressed in terms of dollar income
per day.
Think of the four income levels as the levels of a computer game. Everyone wants to move from
Level 1 to Level 2 and upward through the levels from there. Only, it’s a very strange computer
games because Level 1 is the hardest, not easiest.
Present New Information
Reading & Interpreting Information.
The BIG Question/ Topic in Humanities is…
Today, we are looking to…
• To understand how countries are classified and how life differs from Level 1 to Level
4.
Low Income Country; Lower Middle Income
Country; Upper Middle Income Country &
Higher Income Country.
How Do Geographers Understand the Human World?
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Participants.
Humanitarian Careers.
Review & Reflect
Why do we need to group
countries of the world?
Should we all use the same
categories? Who would decide
these categories?
Reading & Interpreting Information.
The BIG Question/ Topic in Humanities is…
Today, we are looking to…
• To understand how countries are classified and how life differs from Level 1 to Level
4.
Low Income Country; Lower Middle Income
Country; Upper Middle Income Country &
Higher Income Country.
How Do Geographers Understand the Human World?
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Participants.
Humanitarian Careers.
Construct
Task: You have a double-sided
information sheet which details what
life might be like for someone in
each level. Read the information and
then complete the summary sheet to
show what the key characteristics of
each level are. Stick into your books.
Reading & Interpreting Information.
The BIG Question/ Topic in Humanities is…
Today, we are looking to…
• To understand how countries are classified and how life differs from Level 1 to Level
4.
Low Income Country; Lower Middle Income
Country; Upper Middle Income Country &
Higher Income Country.
How Do Geographers Understand the Human World?
Key TermsPLTS/Gatsby Literacy FocusIndependent Enquirer & Effective
Participants.
Humanitarian Careers.
Reading & Interpreting Information.
The BIG Question/ Topic in Humanities is…
Today, we are looking to…
• To understand how countries are classified and how life differs from Level 1 to Level
4.
Low Income Country; Lower Middle Income
Country; Upper Middle Income Country &
Higher Income Country.
How Do Geographers Understand the Human World?
Key TermsPLTS/Gatsby Literacy FocusIndependent Enquirer & Effective
Participants.
Humanitarian Careers.
Reading & Interpreting Information.
The BIG Question/ Topic in Humanities is…
Today, we are looking to…
• To understand how countries are classified and how life differs from Level 1 to Level
4.
Low Income Country; Lower Middle Income
Country; Upper Middle Income Country &
Higher Income Country.
How Do Geographers Understand the Human World?
Key TermsPLTS/Gatsby Literacy FocusIndependent Enquirer & Effective
Participants.
Humanitarian Careers.
Reading & Interpreting Information.
The BIG Question/ Topic in Humanities is…
Today, we are looking to…
• To understand how countries are classified and how life differs from Level 1 to Level
4.
Low Income Country; Lower Middle Income
Country; Upper Middle Income Country &
Higher Income Country.
How Do Geographers Understand the Human World?
Key TermsPLTS/Gatsby Literacy FocusIndependent Enquirer & Effective
Participants.
Humanitarian Careers.
Reading & Interpreting Information.
The BIG Question/ Topic in Humanities is…
Today, we are looking to…
• To understand how countries are classified and how life differs from Level 1 to Level
4.
Low Income Country; Lower Middle Income
Country; Upper Middle Income Country &
Higher Income Country.
How Do Geographers Understand the Human World?
Key TermsPLTS/Gatsby Literacy FocusIndependent Enquirer & Effective
Participants.
Humanitarian Careers.
Reading & Interpreting Information.
The BIG Question/ Topic in Humanities is…
Today, we are looking to…
• To understand how countries are classified and how life differs from Level 1 to Level
4.
Low Income Country; Lower Middle Income
Country; Upper Middle Income Country &
Higher Income Country.
How Do Geographers Understand the Human World?
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Participants.
Humanitarian Careers.
Review & Reflect
One billion people live on Level 1. This is what we think of as extreme
poverty. If you’re on Level 1, you survive on less than $2 a day and get
around by walking barefoot. Your food is cooked over an open fire, and you
spend most of your day travelling to fetch water. At night, you and your
children sleep on a dirt floor.
Reading & Interpreting Information.
The BIG Question/ Topic in Humanities is…
Today, we are looking to…
• To understand how countries are classified and how life differs from Level 1 to Level
4.
Low Income Country; Lower Middle Income
Country; Upper Middle Income Country &
Higher Income Country.
How Do Geographers Understand the Human World?
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Participants.
Humanitarian Careers.
Review & Reflect
Three billion people live on Level 2, between $2 and $8 a day. Level 2
means that you can buy shoes and maybe a bike, so it doesn’t take so long to
get water. Your kids go to school instead of working all day. Dinner is made
over a gas stove, and your family sleeps on mattresses instead of the floor.
Reading & Interpreting Information.
The BIG Question/ Topic in Humanities is…
Today, we are looking to…
• To understand how countries are classified and how life differs from Level 1 to Level
4.
Low Income Country; Lower Middle Income
Country; Upper Middle Income Country &
Higher Income Country.
How Do Geographers Understand the Human World?
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Participants.
Humanitarian Careers.
Review & Reflect
Two billion people live on Level 3, between $8 and $32 a day. You have
running water and a fridge in your home. You can also afford a motorbike to
make getting around easier. Some of your kids start (and even finish) high
school.
Reading & Interpreting Information.
The BIG Question/ Topic in Humanities is…
Today, we are looking to…
• To understand how countries are classified and how life differs from Level 1 to Level
4.
Low Income Country; Lower Middle Income
Country; Upper Middle Income Country &
Higher Income Country.
How Do Geographers Understand the Human World?
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Participants.
Humanitarian Careers.
Review & Reflect
One billion people live on Level 4. If you spend more than $32 a day, you’re
on Level 4. You have at least a high school education and probably afford to
buy a car and take a vacation once in a while.
Reading & Interpreting Information.
The BIG Question/ Topic in Humanities is…
Today, we are looking to…
• To understand how countries are classified and how life differs from Level 1 to Level
4.
Low Income Country; Lower Middle Income
Country; Upper Middle Income Country &
Higher Income Country.
How Do Geographers Understand the Human World?
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Participants.
Humanitarian Careers.
Silent Apply
Answer the following questions in
your book:
1. Describe how life changes as you
move from income Level 1 to income
Level 4. (4 marks)
2. Explain which income level your family
falls into and why. (4 marks)
3. Explain what you think could be done
to improve the lives of people in Level 1
and why it would help. (4 marks) Describe means say what you can see.
Explain means say why.